The game didn't end quite as I predicted and thankfully so. I was thinking it would be a low scoring game and the Lions would have to get lucky and eek out a win. Instead they were on the winning side of a high scoring game; 36-21 over the Oakland Raiders.
Though one game doesn't a season make, but it is a start when you have been as pathetic as the Lions have been ever since Matt Millen became President and GM of the Lions. I hope and pray that some day the Fords wake up and dump the bum and hire a real GM.
QB Jon Kitna engineered three fourth quarter scoring drives that erased 21-20 deficit and led to the victory. That of course is only part of the story; a couple of big defensive plays led to a couple of the scores. The first was an interception by Dewayne White and led to a Jason Hanson field goal and second was a fumble recovery by Dewayne White which led to a 14 yard Tatum Bell touchdown, which sealed the deal for the Lions.
I have not given Jon Kitna nearly the credit he may have deserved since becoming the Lions starting QB last year. I am of the mind set that if the QB deserves credit for the wins, then they should get just as much blame for the losses. Kitna really didn't have a bad year last year if you go strictly by stats, but when his team looses as many games as the Lions did, then all the stats really don't mean much.
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